When he left Tokyo in disgrace, he crossed the Yellow River and came to Congchenqiao Town, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Jurchen hairstyle is to shave the front and leave two braids at the back of the head.

Since the ears were cut off by Zhu Ming during the last mission, Shi was gradually allowed to retain part of the Khitan style.

He gathered the hair on both sideburns, raised his slap to cover his ears, and braided them underneath to close them, so that the severed ears could be completely covered.

galloping all the way back to Yanshan Mansion, Shi Liai saw that his son was no longer short of parts, and he was quite happy to take him to see Yan Zongwang.

Shi gradually recounted the whole conversation in detail, and said: "Marshal, when the minister stayed in the Kaifeng Sifang Pavilion, he invited the officials of the Honglu Temple of the Ming Kingdom to drink. Although the man was also not inferior, he revealed some information when he was drunk. The emperor of the Ming State prided himself on benevolence and righteousness, and did not levy heavy taxes on the people, and the treasury had already run out of money and grain in the war. ”

Wanyan Zongwang's spirit was shocked: "In other words, the Ming Kingdom may not send troops on a large scale this year?" ”

Shi gradually said: "At least after the new grain is harvested." ”

"Hmph, they can harvest new grain, won't I be here?" Wanyan Zongwang smiled confidently, but that smile was somewhat strong and dry.

Although the rebellion was easily quelled last year and forced to conscript food and soldiers last year, and this spring, there was a rebellion, but these incidents have seriously affected agricultural production in the land of Youyan.

Shi Liai persuaded him to move his troops back to Liaodong, but in the case of a severe shortage of food, many people had to starve to death when they suddenly migrated, and the ghost knows how many rebellions would be stirred.

Jin likes to divide the migratory ethnic groups, but he rarely makes sufficient preparations for migration, and every migration is a journey of blood and tears.

After discussing with Shi Liai, Wanyan Zongwang walked to the Buddhist hall of the inner house.

In the Buddha hall, Yelu Yu Liyan is reciting scriptures to the Buddha. She is the third daughter of Emperor Tianzuo, titled Princess of Shu, and was occupied by Wanyan Zongwang after being captured.

Yu Liyan also has five sisters, two of whom are even underage.

Wanyan Zongwang walked in, and Yu Liyan was still chanting. He didn't bother, but sat cross-legged on the futon with his eyes closed, listening to the sound of chanting and relaxing.

This murderous marshal of the Jin Kingdom not only practiced Buddhism, but also was known as the "Bodhisattva Prince".

Benevolence, benevolence, and goodness are all contrasted.

Compared with Wanyan Zonghan's arrogance and brutality, Wanyan Zongwang is more able to listen to opinions, and he is relatively gentle to the corporal who returned to the civil official Lixian and the soldiers under his command. In this way, how can he not be a "bodhisattva prince"?

Shi Liai initially followed Wan Yan Zonghan, and he found that Wan Yan Zonghan was stubborn and self-serving, so he found an excuse to resign and return to his hometown.

A few years later, Shi Liai saw Wanyan Zongwang, and immediately surrendered after a conversation, and thought that the "Bodhisattva Prince" was the master.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of wooden fish in the Buddhist hall was endless, and the content of the scriptures made Wanyan Zongwang forget his troubles, and he once again thought about how to deal with those firearms of the Ming army.

But I really can't think of it, that thing was too ahead of its time.

Even a few hundred years later, the Manchu chariots could only block small cannons such as tiger squat cannons. If you encounter the Ming army's Weiyuan cannon (a wrought iron field gun with a range of two miles), the car will be smashed to pieces in minutes.

In the evening, Shi Li loved to hold a thing and urgently came to ask for a meeting.

"What is this?" Wanyan Zongwang wondered.

Shi Liai said: "The Ming people call it a telescope, a clairvoyant mirror, and a tenlily mirror." ”

When the Jin soldiers withdrew from Hebei last year, they left behind some spies, mainly Han people from the north.

These Han Chinese, who originally lived in the Liao State, fled to the border of the Song State in large numbers when the Liao State fell. After Song Huizong spent money to buy Youyan, he moved tens of thousands of Han refugees from the north back to Youzhou, but many of them still stayed in Hebei for resettlement and reclamation.

Some of them helped the Jin soldiers invade the south, but more of them were honest farmers and were exploited by the puppet court.

Wanyan Zongwang asked, "How many of those Han people from the north have sent back news?" ”

Shi Liai said: "There are only a few people. ”

Shi Liai left more than 100 spies last year, kidnapped all the families of these people, and ordered them to lurk in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

But these people were all resettled and cultivated by the Ming Dynasty, and they were encouraged to start families with female refugees. Seeing that they can live a stable life, most of the spies have relented and are willing to be honest and honest people.

Only a very small number of parents, wives and children who are still worried about being taken away risk of being taken away have passed the news to Shi Liai at the risk of being killed.

Wanyan Zongwang took the telescope and studied it over and over again: "How to use this?" ”

Shi Liai said: "The big end faces outward, and the small end is close to the eye. When looking at a distance, the lens tube can be stretched and contracted until the scene can be seen clearly. ”

Wanyan Zongwang climbed the pavilion and used a telescope to observe the houses in the distance, and soon said happily: "With this sharp weapon, when fighting, you can command from miles away!" ”

Shi Liai said: "The person who sent the message back was a craftsman who could write and calculate. He has been living in Guangxin for several years and was hired by a bookstore. The eight-character army of the Ming Kingdom moved to Guangxin, and the telescope of a military general was broken, so it was taken to the appraisal shop for polishing and repair. The man secretly observed, and then asked the craftsman in charge of repairing, and finally inquired about the structure of the object. According to the words of his letter, he selected craftsmen to polish it for two months, and finally built this kind of telescope. ”

This is obviously caused by the imperfect logistics of the Ming army, and it has not yet had time to set up an ordnance factory in the Xinfu site of Hebei, and the craftsmen in the army have also returned to their hometowns.

The Ministry of War is arranging for them to move north, and last year allowed the craftsmen to return home for the New Year and discuss the relocation with their families.

Wanyan Zongwang played with his glasses, and began to worry after a while: "I had firearms before, and now I have a telescope, and I heard that the Pingyi Cannon (Huihui Cannon) was also made by Prince Zhu." How many good things are there in the Ming army? ”

Shi Liai said: "I really don't know. ”

"What is the origin of this Prince Zhu?" Wanyan Zongwang said, "How can he, a Jinshi of the Song Kingdom, create things like a craftsman?" ”

Shi Liai said: "When the minister was in Zhending Mansion, he heard Huang Qianshan talk about it. Huang Qianshan once served as an official on Lizhou Road in the Song Kingdom, and Yangzhou, the hometown of the Zhu family's father and son, is also under the jurisdiction of Lizhou Road, and there are many rumors about the Zhu family in the local area. The most widely circulated saying is that Emperor Zhu went to sea and met immortals and obtained three volumes of the Book of Heaven. ”

"Three volumes of the Book of Heaven?" Wanyan Sect hopes to believe in Buddhism, and will be skeptical about it.

Shi Liai said: "A book of heaven is called "Book of Agriculture", which records all kinds of agricultural affairs, which can make the wind and rain smooth in the world. A book of heaven is called "Book of Soldiers", which records all kinds of military affairs, firearms, and leveling cannons are also written in the book. There is also a book of heaven called "Book of Dao", which records all kinds of Taoism, and cultivation can be soared into immortals. ”

This kind of messy rumor was made up by Huang Qianshan in combination with Hanzhong folk rumors, and then added oil and vinegar to make it up.

The purpose is very simple, the more Huang Qianshan blows the Zhu family's father and son, the more the Jin Kingdom will pay more attention to supporting the puppet court.

Wanyan Zongwang sneered: "If Prince Zhu really learns the Dao method, he can call the wind and rain on the battlefield, and he still needs to use firearms to fight?" ”

"It's really nonsense," Shi Liai said, "but the civil officials of the Zhending Mansion said that before Emperor Zhu raised his army, he offered a great lingzhi to the Emperor of Song. That Ganoderma lucidum, the size of a grinding plate, is known to everyone in Kaifeng. ”

Wanyan Zongwang was suddenly a little frightened, he was scared by firearms, and now he was always suspicious.

The next day, Wanyan Zongwang summoned Liu Yu and asked, "Have you seen Emperor Zhu and Prince Zhu of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Liu Yu groveled and said: "When the Zhu father and son were officials in Kaifeng, the ministers happened to be demoted by Emperor Song to two Zhejiang. After the ministers returned to Beijing, Prince Zhu had been released as the Taishou of Puzhou. Although Emperor Nazhu is still in the capital, it is difficult to see him in a simple place, and he is recruited into the palace when he occasionally goes out. The minister only saw Emperor Zhu once when he was in the suburbs of the Song Emperor. ”

Wanyan Zongwang asked again: "What is the miracle of Emperor Zhu in Kaifeng?" ”

Liu Yu carefully recalled: "This person entered the art of rejuvenation, so the Song Emperor asked for folk glass and built a glazed cave in Genyue. Xiao Chen once heard that even if the snow is three feet in winter, the glazed cave is as warm as mid-spring. ”

Wanyan Zongwang asked, "Can you see it in person?" ”

Liu Yu said: "The minister was not favored by the Song Emperor at that time, so he could not enter Genyue, and he was not able to see the glazed cave with his own eyes. However, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Lin Lingsu and other favored ministers often come and go here, and they have all talked about the miracles of the glazed cave. ”

Wanyan Zongwang muttered, "Is there really three volumes of the Book of Heaven?" ”

Liu Yu also said: "When Emperor Zhu first entered Beijing, he was already thirty or forty years old. When the minister saw this person during the suburban festival, he found that his face was like a crown of jade, there was not a trace of wrinkles on his face, and his skin was like that of a young man. He also grew two beards and wore a purple Taoist robe given by Emperor Song, and he was really immortal, like a real person. ”

"You're not lying?" Wanyan Zongwang asked.

Liu Yu said: "This matter is true, and Song Chen, who has seen Emperor Zhu with his own eyes, can testify to it." He also recommended a Taoist priest named Xue Daoguang, who cultivated the Inner Dan Method, and was also very favored by the Song Emperor, and was also sent to build a fleet to go to sea to find immortals. ”

After Yan Zongwang asked again, he waved his hand and sent Liu Yu away.

Then he fell into deep thought, could it be that the firearms of the Ming army were really obtained from the immortals?

Wanyan Zongwang was scared at the same time, but his heart was itching. He led the troops to fight for more than ten years, and he had old injuries all over his body, and he hurt when he encountered rainy weather. And as I get older, there are more problems, and my body becomes more and more inadequate.

If you can get the "Book of Dao" in the three volumes of the Book of Heaven, won't you be able to practice it yourself? Not to mention becoming an immortal, at least you can prolong your life.

Be sure to break through Kaifeng and snatch the three volumes of the Book of Heaven!

Thinking wildly for a long night, Yan Zongwang lost sleep, and waited until he got up the next day before shaking his head and laughing bitterly.

How can such a messy rumor be true? It must be ignorant, and it is far-fetched there.

Wanyan Zongwang characterized the legend as a rumor, but deep in his heart, he believed it a little, and always had illusions about the "Book of Dao".

Thinking about it, he ordered to summon the Buddhist masters in his territory.

In any case, talk to the enlightened person first, and then think of it as a way to pass the time of boredom.

Before the Buddhist masters came to visit, the henchmen in Harbin sent a secret letter to Wanyan Zongwang - Wanyan Zonggan led 10,000 soldiers and horses to the south to conquer Goryeo. Not only in order to retaliate for Goryeo's backstabbing, but also to rob people and food in Goryeo.

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